Posted by All Done on May 28, 2005, at 14:51:22
In reply to Dear Abby! Warning: A rant., posted by Daisym on May 28, 2005, at 12:47:35
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> Did you see the column in Dear Abby today "College Student can't escape parents"?
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> He writes that his parents are verbally abusive, he is in therapy but they still make him ill with phone calls, etc.
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> Her answer ended with, " And because after two years of therapy, you continue to tolerate the treatment you're getting from your parents, consider changing therapists."
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> I WAS SO OUTRAGED I SPIT MY COFFEE!!! My husband thinks I'm nuts, I tried to tell him that changing therapist after 2 years would be like getting a divorce for most people. I asked him to imagine telling our son that after 3 years he had to see someone else, because he was still anxious. He got my point.
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> I can't believe she wrote that. I want to write and ask her if she has ever been in long-term therapy herself.
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> OK -- take into account that last week marked two years in therapy for me, so I'm extremely sensitive about it "taking too long" right now.
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> Thank you for allowing me my rant.Sounds to me like Dear Abby has never been in therapy (for an extended amount of time, if at all). Seems they need someone (preferably a T) to proof her response before it goest to print.
I understand how you're feeling about thinking you're taking too long, (((Daisy))). I'm coming up on two years as well and I've spent the better part of the last few sessions obsessing to my T that I'm going to slow and he's going to kick me out the door soon. He says he's not. Why am I so reluctant to accept that? I just can't seem to get a handle on how much progress I've made. If I have at all :(. Where *is* that darn instruction book??
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